The Oxford Handbook of Southwest Archaeology

This volume takes stock of the empirical evidence, theoretical orientations, and historical reconstructions of archaeology of the American Southwest. Themed chapters on method and theory are accompanied by comprehensive overviews of all major cultural traditions in the region, from the Paleoindians, to Chaco Canyon, to the onset of Euro-American imperialism.

OXFORD HANDBOOK OF SOUTHWEST ARCHAEOLOGY Barbara J. Mills and Severin Fowles (editors) TABLE OF CONTENTS List of Contributors PART I: INTRODUCTION On History in Southwest Archaeology Severin Fowles and Barbara J. Mills PART II: THE SHAPE OF HISTORY Conceptualizing the Past 1 Oral Traditions Chip Colwell 2 Narrative Histories Stephen H. Lekson 3 Direct Historical Approach John A. Ware 4 Historical Linguistics Jane H. Hill 5 Evolutionary and Complexity Theory Timothy A. Kohler 6 Path Dependency Michelle Hegmon Incorporating the Histories of Descendent Communities 7 Translating Tribal Values Theresa Pasqual 8 Traditional Cultural Properties T. J. Ferguson and Leigh Kuwanwisiwma 9 "History, Memory, and Querencia" Sylvia Rodriguez Archaeological Histories 10 The Earliest People in the Southwest Jesse Ballenger, Vance Holliday and Guadalupe Sanchez 11 The Southwest Archaic Maxine McBrinn and Bradley Vierra 12 The Early Agricultural Period James M. Vint and Jonathan B. Mabry 13 Mimbres Archaeology Margaret C. Nelson and Patricia A. Gilman 14 Key Dimensions of the Cultural Trajectories of Chaco Canyon Stephen Plog, Carrie C. Heitman, and Adam S. Watson 15 An Archaeological History of the Mesa Verde Region Richard H. Wilshusen and Donna Glowacki 16 Preclassic Hohokam Douglas B. Craig and M. Kyle Woodson 17 Classic Period Hohokam Jeffery J. Clark and David Abbott 18 Sonoran Prehispanic Traditions Elisa Villalpando and Randall H. McGuire 19 Chihuahuan Archaeology Michael E. Whalen and Paul E. Minnis 20 Eastern Pueblo Archaeology James E. Snead 21 Hopi History Prior to 1600 Wesley Bernardini and E. Charles Adams 22 The Zuni/Cibola Region Matthew A. Peeples, Gregson Schachner, and Keith W. Kintigh 23 Mesoamerican Connections Ben A. Nelson, Paul R. Fish, and Suzanne K. Fish 24 Navajo Archaeology Kerry F. Thompson and Ronald H. Towner 25 Ndee (Apache) Archaeology John R. Welch, Sarah A. Herr, and Nicholas C. Laluk 26 "From Right In Front of The Sun:" Athapaskan Perspectives on Plains-Pueblo Exchange B. Sunday Eiselt and David Snow 27 Early Colonial Period Barnet Pavao-Zuckerman and Kelly L. Jenks 28 Pobladores of New Mexico Jun Oeno Sunseri 29 Territorial and Early Statehood Periods Teresita Majewski and Lauren E. Jelinek PART III: THE STUFF OF HISTORY Material Culture 30 Built Environments Michael Adler 31 Cooking Technologies Eric Blinman, James M. Heidke, and Myles R. Miller 32 Hunting Technologies John C. Whittaker and William D. Bryce 33 Perishable Technologies Edward A. Jolie and Laurie D. Webster 34 Iconography Marit K. Munson and Kelley Hays-Gilpin Landscapes 35 Anthropogenic Landscapes Christopher I. Roos 36 Agricultural Landscapes Kurt Anschuetz, Eileen L. Camilli, and Christopher D. Banet 37 Movement and Migration Catherine M. Cameron and Scott G. Ortman 38 Sacred Geographies Ruth Van Dyke Ecologies 39 Weather Scott E. Ingram 40 Minerals Andrew I. Duff, Judith A. Habicht-Mauche, and M. Steven Shackley 41 Plants Suzanne K. Fish and Karen R. Adams 42 Animals Karen Gust Schollmeyer and Katherine A. Spielmann 43 Humans Ann L. W. Stodder 44 Spirits Scott Van Keuren and William H. Walker